Asymptomatic Enlargement of the Parotid Glands

Abstract

ASYMPTOMATIC enlargement of the parotid glands has been noted in this country in patients with liver disease.^{1 , 2} On search, it has become evident that similarly enlarged glands may be found in a wider variety of patients. Indeed, this swelling is the commonest disturbance of these glands in adults, and a useful physical sign. The clinical settings in which it occurs have come to be familiar even though its pathogenesis is not clear. This presentation is concerned with 50 patients with noninflammatory parotid enlargement, 6 of whom were described previously as patients with liver disease.¹ Method of StudyOver a two-year . . .